Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden on Thursday met at the White House with the families of the American hostages: The Siegel family, the Alexander family, the Dekel-Chen family, the Naftali family, the Neutra family, the Goldberg-Polin family and the Chen family.
Participating in the meeting for the Israeli side were Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Israeli Ambassador to the US Mike Herzog.
Participating in the meeting for the American side were National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Special Envoy for the Middle East Brett McGurk and US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew.